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The book is the first formulation of a meta-philosophical scheme rooted in the embodied cognition paradigm. The emergence of experimental philosophy has given rise to a new context in which philosophers have begun to search for a more thorough definition of philosophical competence. On the other hand, a new paradigm known as embodied cognition has been proposed in the philosophy of mind. It views subjects capable of cognition and experience as living, embodied creatures coupled with their environments. The time is ripe for these two trends to join their efforts. Therefore, the book discusses what it means for a human being thought of as an living subject to pursue philosophy. In this context, in contrast to the existing literature, philosophical competence must not be conflated with competence in philosophy. The former is a skill or attitude. The book refers to this peculiar attitude as the recognition of one's epistemic position. "In The Embodied Philosopher, Konrad Werner courageously blazes a new trail in metaphilosophy. His approach is bottom-up and seeks to clear up our confusion over the role that intuitions play in philosophical argumentation. In this groundbreaking work, the reader takes delivery of not only how to contend with deep philosophical problems but how to generate the right sort of questions to ask for one to be "doing" philosophy. Anyone from undergraduate to specialist with an interest in metaphilosophy will benefit from Werner's discussion." Joseph Ulatowski, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Philosophical anthropology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy of mind. --- Cognitive science. --- Philosophy. --- Methodology. --- Phenomenology. --- Philosophy of Mind. --- Cognitive Science. --- Experimental Philosophy.

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Experience --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, --- Congrès --- .Knowledge, Theory of --- Knowledge, Theory of --- History --- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von, --- (Produktform)Electronic book text --- Experimental Philosophy --- Leibniz --- Philosophie --- experimentelle Philosophie --- philosophy of Leibniz --- (VLB-WN)9524 --- Experience - Congresses --- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, - Freiherr von, - 1646-1716

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Early seventeenth-century Italy saw a revolution in instrumental music. Large, varied, and experimental, the new instrumental repertoire was crucial for the Western tradition-but until now, the impulses that gave rise to it had yet to be fully explored. Curious and Modern Inventions offers fresh insight into the motivating forces behind this music, tracing it to a new conception of instruments of all sorts-whether musical, artistic, or scientific-as vehicles of discovery. Rebecca Cypess shows that early modern thinkers were fascinated with instrumental technologies. The telescope, the clock, the pen, the lute-these were vital instruments for leading thinkers of the age, from Galileo Galilei to Giambattista Marino. No longer used merely to remake an object or repeat a process already known, instruments were increasingly seen as tools for open-ended inquiry that would lead to new knowledge. Engaging with themes from the history of science, literature, and the visual arts, this study reveals the intimate connections between instrumental music and the scientific and artisanal tools that served to mediate between individuals and the world around them.

Instrumental music --- Music --- History and criticism. --- Marini, Biagio, --- Farina, Carlo, --- Frescobaldi, Girolamo, --- Castello, Dario, --- discovery, science, innovation, invention, galileo, instrumental music, instruments, telescope, clock, pen, lute, giambattista marino, inquiry, research, literature, visual arts, tools, marini biagio, affetti musicali, carlo farina, frescobaldi girolamo, castello dario, 17th century, history, nonfiction, solo, ensemble, strings, early modern, interdisciplinary, experimental philosophy, material culture, painting, collections, renaissance, classical.

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"When Isaac Newton’s alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby’s auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking. No longer the exemplar of Enlightenment rationality, the legendary physicist suddenly became “the last of the magicians.” Newton the Alchemist unlocks the secrets of Newton’s alchemical quest, providing a radically new understanding of the uncommon genius who probed nature at its deepest levels in pursuit of empirical knowledge. In this evocative and superbly written book, William Newman blends in-depth analysis of newly available texts with laboratory replications of Newton’s actual experiments in alchemy. He does not justify Newton’s alchemical research as part of a religious search for God in the physical world, nor does he argue that Newton studied alchemy to learn about gravitational attraction. Newman traces the evolution of Newton’s alchemical ideas and practices over a span of more than three decades, showing how they proved fruitful in diverse scientific fields. A precise experimenter in the realm of “chymistry,” Newton put the riddles of alchemy to the test in his lab. He also used ideas drawn from the alchemical texts to great effect in his optical experimentation. In his hands, alchemy was a tool for attaining the material benefits associated with the philosopher’s stone and an instrument for acquiring scientific knowledge of the most sophisticated kind. Newton the Alchemist provides rare insights into a man who was neither Enlightenment rationalist nor irrational magus, but rather an alchemist who sought through experiment and empiricism to alter nature at its very heart." -- Publisher's description.

Alchemy --- Alchimie --- Science --- Science. --- Sciences --- Influence. --- History. --- Histoire. --- Newton, Isaac, --- Benedictine Basilius Valentinus. --- CU Add. 3973. --- Captain Hylliard. --- Eirenaeus Philalethes. --- Enlightenment. --- Epistola ad Theodorum Mundanum. --- Free Grammar School. --- Humores minerales. --- Hypothesis of Light. --- Isaac Newton. --- Johann de Monte-Snyders. --- Johann de Monte–Snyders. --- Keynes 35. --- Keynes 58. --- Keynes MS 58. --- Michael Sendivogius. --- Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. --- Nicolas Flamel. --- Of Natures obvious laws & processes in vegetation. --- Opera. --- Opticks. --- Philalethes. --- Praxis. --- Ramon Lull. --- Robert Boyle. --- Sendivogius. --- Three Mysterious Fires. --- Treatise of Chymistry. --- Trinity College. --- William Yworth. --- adept. --- alchemical text. --- alchemist. --- alchemists. --- alchemy. --- ancient mythology. --- antimonial sublimate. --- antimony. --- aurific art. --- biblical prophecy. --- caduceus of Mercury. --- chrysopoeia. --- chymical laboratory. --- chymical research. --- chymical studies. --- chymist. --- chymistry of light. --- chymistry. --- color theory. --- color. --- copper vitriol. --- education. --- empiricism. --- exegesis. --- experimental notebooks. --- experimental philosophy. --- florilegium style. --- florilegium. --- gold. --- laboratory notebooks. --- lead. --- lorilegia. --- metals. --- mining. --- natural world. --- nature. --- niter. --- optical experimentation. --- optical research. --- optics. --- our Venus. --- philosophers' stone. --- phlogiston theory. --- reason. --- refraction theory. --- refractive power. --- sal ammoniac. --- scientific collaboration. --- scientific knowledge. --- scythe of Saturn. --- sea salt. --- secret fire. --- sophic mercury. --- sophic sal ammoniac. --- sulfur. --- treatise. --- vegetability. --- History --- Knowledge --- Alchemy.

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"When Isaac Newton’s alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby’s auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking. No longer the exemplar of Enlightenment rationality, the legendary physicist suddenly became “the last of the magicians.” Newton the Alchemist unlocks the secrets of Newton’s alchemical quest, providing a radically new understanding of the uncommon genius who probed nature at its deepest levels in pursuit of empirical knowledge. In this evocative and superbly written book, William Newman blends in-depth analysis of newly available texts with laboratory replications of Newton’s actual experiments in alchemy. He does not justify Newton’s alchemical research as part of a religious search for God in the physical world, nor does he argue that Newton studied alchemy to learn about gravitational attraction. Newman traces the evolution of Newton’s alchemical ideas and practices over a span of more than three decades, showing how they proved fruitful in diverse scientific fields. A precise experimenter in the realm of “chymistry,” Newton put the riddles of alchemy to the test in his lab. He also used ideas drawn from the alchemical texts to great effect in his optical experimentation. In his hands, alchemy was a tool for attaining the material benefits associated with the philosopher’s stone and an instrument for acquiring scientific knowledge of the most sophisticated kind. Newton the Alchemist provides rare insights into a man who was neither Enlightenment rationalist nor irrational magus, but rather an alchemist who sought through experiment and empiricism to alter nature at its very heart." -- Publisher's description.

Alchemy --- Metals, Transmutation of --- Philosophers' egg --- Philosophers' stone --- Stone, Philosophers' --- Transmutation of metals --- Chemistry --- Occultism --- History --- Newton, Isaac, --- Newton, Izaak, --- Niu-tun, --- Nʹi︠u︡ton, Isaak, --- Niutun, Yisake, --- Niyu̇ton, Isak, --- Nyuṭon, Ayzaḳ, --- Nyuṭon, Ayziḳ, --- ניוטאן, אייזאק, --- ניוטון, אייזק --- ניוטון, אייזיק --- 牛頓, --- 牛頓, 伊萨克, --- Knowledge --- Alchemy. --- Benedictine Basilius Valentinus. --- CU Add. 3973. --- Captain Hylliard. --- Eirenaeus Philalethes. --- Enlightenment. --- Epistola ad Theodorum Mundanum. --- Free Grammar School. --- Humores minerales. --- Hypothesis of Light. --- Isaac Newton. --- Johann de Monte-Snyders. --- Johann de Monte–Snyders. --- Keynes 35. --- Keynes 58. --- Keynes MS 58. --- Michael Sendivogius. --- Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. --- Nicolas Flamel. --- Of Natures obvious laws & processes in vegetation. --- Opera. --- Opticks. --- Philalethes. --- Praxis. --- Ramon Lull. --- Robert Boyle. --- Sendivogius. --- Three Mysterious Fires. --- Treatise of Chymistry. --- Trinity College. --- William Yworth. --- adept. --- alchemical text. --- alchemist. --- alchemists. --- alchemy. --- ancient mythology. --- antimonial sublimate. --- antimony. --- aurific art. --- biblical prophecy. --- caduceus of Mercury. --- chrysopoeia. --- chymical laboratory. --- chymical research. --- chymical studies. --- chymist. --- chymistry of light. --- chymistry. --- color theory. --- color. --- copper vitriol. --- education. --- empiricism. --- exegesis. --- experimental notebooks. --- experimental philosophy. --- florilegium style. --- florilegium. --- gold. --- laboratory notebooks. --- lead. --- lorilegia. --- metals. --- mining. --- natural world. --- nature. --- niter. --- optical experimentation. --- optical research. --- optics. --- our Venus. --- philosophers' stone. --- phlogiston theory. --- reason. --- refraction theory. --- refractive power. --- sal ammoniac. --- scientific collaboration. --- scientific knowledge. --- scythe of Saturn. --- sea salt. --- secret fire. --- sophic mercury. --- sophic sal ammoniac. --- sulfur. --- treatise. --- vegetability.